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John Paulson's hedge funds are off to a strong start this year, according to an investor letter, after two years in which some of his funds were among the worst-performing.

TripAdvisor has been investing heavily in its mobile platform to leverage increasing opportunities in the mobile space. It announced the launch of its mobile website in March 2010 and has since added apps for the iPhone,...

Cerberus is ramping up its battle for greater control over Japan's Seibu Holdings, an operator of hotels, railways and a baseball team that is preparing for an initial public offering.

It is no secret that Toyota Motors sees the next wave of growth coming from developing markets in Southeast Asia and South America. Low car ownership combined with rising disposable incomes bode well for the auto market ...

LBO activity continues to disappoint in the leveraged finance markets, especially compared to hopes of a willing institutional investor base with lots of cash to put to work. Loan activity backing leveraged buyouts durin...

MF Global clients have recovered much of the missing assets since the firm's failure but former CEO Jon Corzine is not off the hook just yet.

Red Bull have left all other Formula One teams trailing in their wake in recent years, and now it would seem the reigning drivers' and constructors' champions are also the quickest in the pit lane.

Mccormick & Company (MKC) maintained its quarterly dividend of 34 cents per share. The dividend will be paid on April 29 with an ex-dividend date of April 11.

State Street and Blackstone are teaming up to launch a rare exchange-traded fund for high-yield loans as demand for such investments rises in anticipation of rising interest rates.

As the price of gold continues to drift lower, earnings expectations for its miners are following its decline. This, along with escalating costs, has led to Canadian mining company Agnico-Eagle to lose its lustre.

Ready to plunk down some money with a private equity firm? If you are an accredited high net worth investor with at least $1 million to risk with the firm on whatever their latest deal is, you have many quality outfits t...

Bernanke's Federal Reserve Enacted A Policy Of QE: How Has It Affected Oil, Gold, Equities, Emerging Markets And Treasuries?

The Bank of Japan launched an aggressive easing program as new Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda embarked on a two-year campaign to free the country's economy from more than 15 years of deflation.

Prices of Japanese government bonds took off after the Bank of Japan announced it would dramatically expand its buying program; the 10-year yield fell to near the all-time low hit in 2003.

The yen fell sharply against the dollar and euro after the Bank of Japan took new easing steps that currency traders said were successful in positively surprising the market.

Heard on the Street: The app charts are something all technology investors should follow to understand who is up and who is down in the smartphone age.

Alerted by a private message about a potential coming change in government health-care policy, certain investors earlier this week sparked a frenzy of trading in some of the industry's largest companies.

Asian markets were lower Thursday tracking a negative lead from Wall Street, while the Nikkei underperformed amid a stronger yen in the run up to the BOJ's policy meeting outcome. The Nikkei fell 1.8%.

Oil refineries in the U.S. last week boosted operations to the highest levels since early January.

Writing on the Wall: If you thought you knew Wall Street, well, think again. You don't. Wall Street continues to confound even the people who've worked in the industry for decades, writes David Weidner.

TD Bank bills itself as America's Most Convenient Bank, but its profitability has lagged behind that of many of its peers, and the company's once-sterling reputation for customer service has declined since the 2008 purch...

Thirty state attorneys general are investigating alleged interest-rate rigging by banks that set Libor, and the probe isn't slowing despite a U.S. judge's ruling last week in favor of the banks in private lawsuits.